All are halted by the Marines! Sergeant Major Milt Osborn cannot have this ragamuffin group tromping through the festivities… #UnitedStatesMarineCorpsDay #USMCDay
Archive for Swampy’s Florida News
The clouds seen as I traveled through north Central Florida this evening!
Here’s the Municipal Aquarium in Key West as shone in an Overseas Highway booklet of postcards mailed in 1952. The Key West Aquarium thrives today in the heart of Key West inside the same building above, with some modifications, built[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The hugging bear has plenty of ample time to chase those three around to hug them some more! Learn more about Ample Time Day by clicking here: http://worksmartlivesmart.com/national-ample-time-day-november/ (Note: Got held over while traveling. Will add the color version[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This engine (BL2 601) pulls cars of gravel along the tracks of the Florida East Coast rails north of Jupiter in 1957. This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’ by FEC historian Seth Bramson. This is a must-get book to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A certain person who does all of this Swampy art confused days and got Greg Gray to play a bit more of his saxophone for the actual World Saxophone Day. Wednesday was Candy Day, thus Pete chomps some sweets as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pasco Pete, Penney and Greg Gray make their way to Simply Delicious Bakery in Cocoa Beach and celebrate National Doughnut Day. If this day sounds familiar it’s because there is another day, National Donut Day, not to be confused with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pasco Pete and Penney have made their way to Cocoa beach and come across one of Swampy’s friends, Greg Gray, in one of his favorite poses, celebrating Saxophone Day! You can find Greg drawing, more than playing, at the International[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While Pete tries to figure out the map and where they are going from Melbourne, Penney gets a couple of sandwiches from nearby establishments. A burger from Burger Inn and a hotdog from Mustard’s Last Stand. Penney raises the question:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the old bridge that once crossed the spring area of Sulphur Springs in Tampa. Most know the springs area for the tower that can easily be seen from Interstate 275. This postcard wasn’t mailed and has not date on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After hours of trying to find their way back to Swampy, Pasco Pete becomes aware that he and Penney have been going in circles up US1, across the Pineda Causeway, south on A1A and then west across the Eau Galle[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby’s view of Swampy arriving on the scene is that of viewing the arrival of a saint. You can learn more about All Saints Day by clicking here: http://www.catholic.org/saints/allsaints/ #AllSaintsDay